Ecosystem Energy Flow & Interactions Crossword

organism that obtains its energy and nutrients by consuming other organisms
organism that produces its own energy from sources such as sunlight or chemicals
nonliving factor in an ecosystem, such as, moisture, temperature, soil, wind, and sunlight
living things, such as plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria
detritivore that breaks down organic matter into simpler compounds, returning nutrients back into an ecosystem
organism that makes its own food from abiotic sources, such as sunlight or chemicals
organism that obtains food (energy) by eating other organisms
ecological relationship in which two organisms attemp to obtain the same resource
an organism that captures and feeds upon another organism
an organism that is captured and eaten by another organism
a close relationship between species
symbiosis in which both organisms benefit from one another
symbiosis in which one organism benefits and the other organism neither benefits nor is harmed
symbiosis in which one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed
process in which one organism captures and feeds upon another organism